Mediators: 'Blame will lie with Hamas' if ceasefire talks fail, IDF reduces reservist call-ups
IDF disputes Hamas casualties count in Gaza • Israeli recounts emotional encounter with Iranians at Tomorrowland • WH concerned over Israel strikes in Syria
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Defense Minister Katz pushes bill improving IDF soldiers' conditions
According to Katz, the bill will improve the service of all soldiers, "who fight like lions for Israel's security."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a state memorial ceremony for Operation Protective Edge at the National Memorial Hall at the entrance to the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, July 6, 2025(photo credit: FLASH90/CHAIM GOLDBERG)Go to the full article > >
Iran to hold nuclear talks with Europe
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IDF shares footage of Gazans cheering for Israeli soldiers at aid site Jerusalem Post Staff
Israeli Police will travel to Serbia for legal deposition for 'Qatargate' suspect Einhorn - report
Walla reported that both the Israel Police and the Justice Ministry have refrained from formally approaching Serbian authorities to advance the deposition request.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF A poster reading "Qatar sponsored the massacre and Netanyahu's office", seen in Tel Aviv. April 20, 2025. (photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Royal Opera House cast member raises Palestinian flag during performance
Videos of the incident show a besuited official attempting to take the flag from the protester, but did not succeed.
ByMATHILDA HELLER Cast members bow as one holds a Palestinian flag, during the curtain call of Il Trovatore at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in London, Britain, July 19, 2025 in this still image taken from social media video.(photo credit: @sydcas via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Flemish gov't. appeals court decision imposing BDS penalties for exporting military goods to Israel
The court ruled that any containers exiting the Port of Antwerp will face a penalty of €50,000 per container, up to a total of €5 million, in a move celebrated by BDS NGOs across Belgium.
ByMATHILDA HELLER Pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist stickers on a Brussels store window, December 2023; illustative.(photo credit: HATIM KAGHAT/AFP via Getty Images)Go to the full article > >
Bots spam email users with appeals for help in Sweida, Syria
The content of the same email sent multiple times to The Jerusalem Post contains the text written in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.
Mediators say 'blame will lie fully with Hamas' should ceasefire deal talks fall apart - report
Senior Hamas officials in Doha are reportedly inclined to support the deal on the table, but no response has been received from Hamas's military leadership in Gaza, N12 noted.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Families of hostages, former hostages, and supporters march to the US embassy branch in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of all hostages, July 19, 2025. (photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
'We failed, and made a mistake' on judicial reform, haredi draft bill deal: UTJ's Goldknopf says
UTJ was told to support the judicial reform as it would allow for a "basic law of Torah study," and another law as an override clause, Yitzhak Goldknopf claimed in an interview with Kikar HaShabbat.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Yitzhak Goldknopf at a United Torah Judaism meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 19, 2025.(photo credit: OREN BEN HAKOON/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >Important facts
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
50 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.
